Effect of Strathclyde Police initiative "Operation Blade" on accident and emergency attendances due to assault

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 153-156

  Bleetman, A ^a,b   Perry, C H ^a   Crawford, R ^a   Swann, I J ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Casualty attendance; Knife wounds; Police initiative; Violent crime

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CRIME; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAB WOUND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; POLICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; THORACIC INJURIES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0030959132     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.14.3.153     Document Type: Article

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